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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1889

Page

6

Money Market and Stock Signals From Boston Exchange

The Money Market shows a steady open with general discount rates near 3.5 to 5 percent. New York exchange totals rise year over year. Copper stocks move: Boston & Montana leads gains as Calumet & Hecla weakens. European banks and Paris brokers report on international credit. Atchison and San Diego rail issues move on gold field hopes.

Boston New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Sight

Dividends Declared by Multiple Companies

The Puget Sound Improvement Company declares a 242 percent dividend payable March 15. The New York and Ferris Railroad Company proclaims 2 percent on preferred stock. Michigan Land and Iron Company pays 2 percent today after prior 1 percent payments in November and October. Manhattan Opera Glass Company announces 1 percent dividend for its dime slot apparatus. Paris $100.

Puget Sound Improvement Company New York & Fianlars Railroad Company Michigan Land & Iron Company Paris Manhattan Opera Glass Company

Kansas Counties Debt Under 1879 Refunding Law

Long list of six percent bonds from Rawlins Logan Thomas and Sherman counties in Kansas under the 1879 Refunding Law. Notes include assessed valuation 8 735 799 35, total debt 452 000, population 6 000. All counties described as in a good agricultural area with favorable crops. bondholders offered call for prices and particulars.

Kansas Rawlins Logan, Thomas and Sherman

Irving A Evans & Co Stock Exchange Note

Irving A Evans & Co bankers and brokers, members of Boston New York and Philadelphia exchanges, connected by private wires with major markets. Stock Exchange Building 53 State Street Boston reports New York stock sales on March 11. Today's transactions total 330000 shares with opening high low and closing prices and Saturday close.

Irving A. Evans & CO Boston New York Philadelphia Chicago Stock Exchange Building State Street

New York Financial Market Report March 11

Money on call easy at 2% to 3% with last loan at 2%. Sterling steady with 60 day bills at 4.85% and demand 4.68% to 4.89% posted. Stocks opened weak but daytime rally lifted most names, Reading and St. Paul notable. late session firm to strong at best prices. Railroad bonds quiet. Reading issues and second incomes supported totals to 1,351,000 with several issues reported losses and gains.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Reading St. Paul Grangers Union Pacific Michigan Central Lackawanna Chicago Gas Burlington Hocking Valley Denver & Rio Grande Western Erie International Richmond & Danville

Foreign markets steady in London and Paris trading activity

In London trading on March 11 Consols stood at 97 9 16 for money. United States 4s at 110 and Mexican ordinary at 43. Paris notes show 3 per cent rentes at 84 francs 55 centimes for the account. The stock market was flat at 1:30 pm with Comptoir d Escompte and Soci t des M taux and Rio Tinto posting varied quotations. By 5 pm the market firmed on continental gains, closing firmer in sympathy with Paris bourses.

California San Diego Brookline Lamoine Sullivan Topeka West End Bell Telephone Erie Uson Eastman Boston & Montana Calumet & Heela Tamarack Dunkin Franklin Huron Kearsarge National M. Secretan Messrs. Matthéson London Rio Tinto Company Comptoir d’Escompte de Paris Abattoir Bank Frances Rue Bergen Paris E. Deufert-Rochereau A. Renaud Basin Lyons Marseilles Nantes France Calcutta Bombay Shanghai San_ Francisco Melbourne Tamatave Tananarive Madagascar Hong Kong Foochow Tientsin Yokohama Hankow Sydney Bank of England Union Bank of London Société Générale Glynn, Mills, Currie & Co Crédit Lyonnais Bordeaux Geneva St. Petersburg Madrid Constantinople Alexandria Cairo Algiers Barcelona Brussels Thomson-Houston Unite United States Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Thisnois Central St. Paul New_York Central Pennsylvania Comptoir d’Escompte Iblic Comptoir d'Escompte Sociéte Des Métaux Rio Tinto Société Des Métaux

Hotel Fire Tears Through Clifton Hall in Laketown

A large fire at Clifton Hall in Laketown New Jersey early this morning engulfed the hotel and spread to the Presbyterian Church and six nearby houses. Dr E Wallace of Philadelphia leaped from a second story window and broke his leg. Loss is estimated at 35000 with guests losing personal property. fire partially insured.

Lakewoop N.J Clifton Hall E. Wallace Philadelphia Presbyterian Church Krenn N. H Thomas Sparks South Spencer Haverhill North Main Street Tilton C. Ff. Cocord

Market Summary Across Commodities Shows Mixed Movement

Commodity notes report varying shifts with some items firm or unchanged while others ease. Eggs rise, oats and cornmeal steady, flour and several grains dull, fats and meats mostly steady, sugars firm, molasses unchanged, and tallow lower.

Pennsylvania Iron Men Hopeful of Revival

News despatches from Reapine describe a generally dull iron trade in Pennsylvania but show unusual hopefulness for a revival with a strong spring and summer trade. Merchants and workers blame low mood on lack of confidence, though consensus expects improvement soon.

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Iron trades hold steady with cautious optimism in Columbia

York Rolling at Columbia Milling and Aurora Furnace near Wrightsville report improving prospects as spring markets open. In Columbia area the Chestnut Hill Cordelia Cordelia furnaces and several rolling mills run at full blast, while Lancaster Penn Tron Works notes dull winter activity but a firmer outlook with rising prices. London and Boston price lists show mixed movements in copper tin lead and iron products.

John W. Stacy York Columbia Aurora Wrightsville Seaboard Pennsylvania Chestnut Hill Iron Ore Company Cordelia Iron Company Chickies Iron Furnace Grubb & Son Columbia Iron Company Susquehanna Rolling Mill Columbia Rolling Mill Company Chestnut Hill Cordelia Uture Lancaster Penn Tron Works William B. Middleton A. H. Peacock Peacock & Thomas Furnace Boston New York London Eglinton Summerlee Gartsherrie Langloan Coltness Norway Shell New England Banat Russia Baltimore

Grain market recap from Chicago under Farnum Reardon

Wheat faced selling pressure at open then strengthened before closing weak at 98 4 in May. Export rumors in New York and flour sales in Minneapolis supported a rebound above 99 briefly. Corn remained weak due to heavy receipts and lower freight rates amid tired longs.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co New York Minneapolis C. Williams & Co Louis Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Roller Canada

Grain Prices and Visible Supply Report 1889

The report lists carload inspections for flour and grain excluding rye with totals by grade. It shows 74 cars inspected including specific counts of corn oats and peas, and provides visible supply figures for March 2, 9 and 10 in 1889 and prior years, plus weekly decreases in wheat for 1886 1887 and 1888 totaling 21 221 351 bushels.

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